# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asadullah-khalid
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:34:15.591Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asadullah-khalid"
name: "Asadullah Khalid"
slug: "asadullah-khalid"
description: "Asadullah Khalid is a former politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012, Khalid served as the Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Governor of Kandahar Province and prior to that as Governor of Ghazni Province (2002-2005). From 2018 until 2021 he was the Minister of Defense. Khalid is said to be affiliated with the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan and has been noted as one of many loyalists of Afghan President Hamid Karzai."
tagline: "Politician in Afghanistan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asadullah_Khalid_in_June_2011-cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.95
  momentum:             1.116883116883117
  historical:           6.148741333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اسد اللہ خالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اسد الله خالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadullah_Chalid"
    title: "Asadullah Chalid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadullah_Khalid"
    title: "Asadullah Khalid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اسدالله خالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadullah_Khalid"
    title: "Asadullah Khalid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "اسد الله خالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump